Freedom Park is an outdoor park and

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at the Greater Omaha Marina on the bank of the Missouri River at 2497 Freedom Park Road in the

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section of

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. It displays numerous military

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and

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pieces along with its two major exhibits, the

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and

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-era training

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.City of Omaha; Omaha Parks and Recreation; Freedom Park
/ref> The park closed as a result of flooding along the Missouri River in 2011, but reopened on October 7, 2015 after four years of restoration and cleanup work.

Exhibits

* * * USS ''Towers'' (DDG-9) (

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) *

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(marked with US Navy BuNo 149618) *

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(AF serial no. 69-6191) *

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(USCG 1370)

Nameplates

* USS ''Huntington'' (CL-107) * USS ''Dayton'' (CL-105) * USS ''Thetis Bay'' (CVE-90) * USS ''Houston'' (CL-81) * USS ''Conger'' (SS-477) * USS ''William T. Powell'' (DE-213) * USS ''Spangenberg'' (DE-223) * USS ''Sarda'' (SS-488) * USS ''Toro'' (SS-422) * USS ''Corsair'' (SS-435)

Anchors

* USS ''Decatur'' (DD-341) * USS ''Wasp'' (CV-18) * USS ''General A. W. Brewster'' (AP-155) Previously the medium landing ship was anchored at the park, but she was moved to

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in the spring of 2004.

References

External links

City of Omaha Parks Department Freedom Park Site
Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Maritime museums in Nebraska Parks in Omaha, Nebraska Museums in Omaha, Nebraska Military and war museums in Nebraska National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska 1944 establishments in Nebraska {{Nebraska-museum-stub

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